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─Photo by Chris Lundy M. Rose Peluso hopes her book will help others learn to live with faith through hardship.
By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – Chronic illness is something most people don’t want to talk about, so M. Rose Peluso wrote a book about it. Her book, “Behind The Tapestry,” is subtitled “My Discovery Of God’s Grace Amidst Chronic Pain And Loss.” It’s available in most online book markets. It chronicles a life dealing with serious issues while also working to become a nun. It’s a personal story but it appeals to a wider audience. She suffers widespread, chronic pain from pudendal neuropathy, named after the nerve that runs through the pelvic f loor. “If you’re having a horrible day, sitting is almost unbearable,” she said. A chronic condition will take up a huge amount of your life. If you don’t have one, you just don’t understand how much it impacts everything. Lots of people don’t want to hear about illness, but Peluso won’t suffer in silence any longer. She left her great job as a graphic designer and entered the convent in 1999. It’s a long process to become a nun, as you move up through the stations. She became a sister in 2002. The disease struck in 2001, and she recalled that it (Author - See Page 6)
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Fire Dept. Awarded Grant By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – The Bayville Fire Department was awarded a $34,000 grant that they will use to purchase life-saving equipment. “This grant will enable the Township to purchase new turnout gear for our volunteer firefighters of the Bayville Volunteer Fire Company. We thank our grant
writers - Bruno and Associates - for administering the application on behalf of our township and the state and federal government for providing the opportunity to apply for and ultimately receive this grant,” Mayor Carmen Amato said. The grant came from the NJ Department of Community Affairs
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Fiscal Year 2022 American Rescue Plan Firefighter Grant, he said. The local grant was part of $10 million in American Rescue Plan money distributed to 293 fire departments throughout the state. The goal was to ensure firefighters have proper protective, cleaning, and sanitization (Grant - See Page 4)
Shelters Caring For Animals Rescued From Brick Home
By Bob Vosseller OCEAN COUNTY The 175 malnourished dogs and cats evacuated from a home at 111 Arrowhead Park Drive in Brick Township are receiving care from the Ocean County Health Department. Ocean County Health Coordinator Dan Regenye said the depart-
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son while 17 dogs and eight cats were taken to the Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter in Manahawkin, while 81 dogs and 12 cats were transpor ted to the county’s Barnegat facility (formerly Barnegat Kennels) which See to is (Friendly’s generally - used Page 24) shelter animals (Animals - See Page 5)
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